ARTcycle Incorporated is an artist run cycling initiative. We promote art and artist-friendly cycling activities including tours, interactive, cross-discipline and hybrid arts practices at the intersection of art, industry and environment.
We are based in Sydney, Australia.

The Sydney Green Ring is an iconic active transport trail linking open space, aquatic centres, entertainment precincts, arts and education institutions and wildlife habitat in and around the centre of Sydney.

Blue Carbon is the littoral zone between high water and where the light penetrates to the sea bed. Comprised of salt marshes, mangroves, sea grass, this is the most efficient and effective way of sequestering carbon and we need to ensure its preservation.

Bays Precinct

The Sydney Green Ring is an iconic active transport trail linking open space, aquatic centres, entertainment precincts, arts and education institutions and wildlife habitat in and around the centre of Sydney.

Blue Carbon is the littoral zone between high water and where the light penetrates to the sea bed. Comprised of salt marshes, mangroves, sea grass, this is the most efficient and effective way of sequestering carbon and we need to ensure its preservation.

This tour will begin in Pyrmont and make its way to Iron Cove finishing in Bicentennial Park, Glebe.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

On October 2, UNSW Galleries First Fridaysis spilling out into the streets for the first time. Curated by Laura Fisher and Sabrina Sokalik, Bespoke City
is a one-night only art exhibition that invites audiences to reimagine
Sydney’s urban environment. The UNSW Art & Design courtyard and the
community outdoor space between Greens Road and Napier Street will be
filled with projections, unique installations, sculpture, video, kinetic
artworks, demonstrations and stalls. Many deploy the bicycle to
generate light, colour, sound and energy, while others treat it as a
metaphor for the city itself – reminding us that it can be deconstructed
and remade and that we are all implicated in the politics of public
space.

Works include:

An Electronic bicycle orchestra: We’ve commissioned bike-energy champions Milkcrate Events to
create a sound installation powered by five stationary bikes. Riders
can collaborate to fill the campus with an ambient and evolving sound
piece.

An Autonomous painting machine: Meet a robot-painter
created by artist Jeffrey Wood that tracks human movements to create
curious images reminiscent of the cosmos.

A Microbiology in the urban wild: Examine the city at the molecular level using a bike-powered laboratory created by BioFoundry: Australia’s first Citizen Scientist lab.

A Pedal powered light mural: Climb on and peel back
the layers of the city. UNSW Art & Design students Jonathon Bolitho
and Jobe Williams, UNSW Geological Sciences student Jeong Greaves, and
Mackenzie Nicks are creating an expansive mural illuminated by bicycle
powered LEDs, allowing riders to interact with the image through
modulations of light and colour.

Don't miss amazing engineering and design from CreateUNSW +
Bike-ology, Hanley Weng, and Jamil Yamani. And a variety of
demonstrations and stalls will show off the best of Sydney’s cycling
culture.

And of course, as with all First Fridays, UNSW Galleries is open
until late so this is a fantastic opportunity to see the new
exhibitions People Like Us, Streets of Papunya and the John Fries Award 2015. On the night, Vivien Johnson's book Streets of Papunya: The reinvention of Papunya painting will be launched
by Punata Stockman Nungarrayi, Chairperson of Papunya Tjupi Arts. A
special performance from Tilau Nangala, Isobel Gorey Nambajimba, Isobel
Major Nampitjinpa and Punata Stockman Nungarrayi will accompany the
launch.

In partnership with Sydney Cycleways and the Heart Foundation, First Fridays: Bespoke City has
been supported by the City of Sydney through a community projects
matching grant and some invaluable sponsors: Bike Sydney, Stallion
Bikes, Colour Copy Centre, Reid Cycles and Arts Hotel. You can find out
more by visiting the Veleoscope website.

Predictably but sadly the Australian Medical Association wants to retain the laws and denies that the laws reduce cycling.

If you cycle less because of helmet laws, write to the Senate and tell them the AMA is wrong!

It's easy to make a submission - write it in Word or equivalent, attach your document to an email sent to economics.sen@aph.gov.auand
put your name, phone number and postal address in the email (needed so
the Senate can verify your details). It can be just one sentence or as
long as you like (but we suggest keeping it short).

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

College Street cycleway would be demolished and Castlereagh Street
cycleway north not delivered. These decisions demonstrate the Ministers
are KNOWINGLY failing the people and KNOWINGLY putting lives at risk.

We welcome your support to encourage thousands of bicycle riders,
family and friends of riders, people who care about the safety on and
off our roads, this Thursday June 4th.

WHO: EVERYONE who needs to safely and efficiently access the city, EVERYONE who wants transparent and accountable government, EVERYONE who rides a bicycle, EVERYONE who knows and loves someone who rides a bicycle

WHAT TO DO: bRING your bike and ring your bells ATTEND and show your support SILENCE for our friends who have died while riding their bicycle FLOWERS to honour the lives lost riding a Bicycle RIDE SAFELY and show mutual respect for everyone involved

NOTE: Riders are encouraged to ride the College Street cycleway before
this time. Riding College Street cycleway is not part of the organized
rally.

Organised and lead by North Sydney Council's Sustainability Team,
this ride will traverse the North Sydney and Middle Head water
catchments. We will also hear the Bushcare volunteers speak about their
passion for the environment. (No RSVPs on this page - please book on the
link below and RSVP to ARTcycle).